Dylematy tożsamości w społeczeństwie sieciowym. Szkic socjologiczny
Dilemmas of identity in network society. A sociological sketch

Author(s): Agata Zygmunt
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Summary/Abstract: The article deals with a complex issue of identity, and situates it in the context of network society.The author analyses modern identity dilemmas, focuses on its multidimensional character,dissemination, and dynamic transformations identity undergoes. By making references to modernconcepts of identity, the author points to a set of determinants of creating the “I”, whereasthe activity within the Internet space has been treated as one of the key factors of the identity ofmodern man. The text unveils the specificity of identities created in the virtual world. Moreover,it discusses the possibilities that the Internet offers in this matter. Anonymity, which the Internetprovides, favors experimenting with identity, or the “identity tourism”, whose aim is providinga best possible definition of “I”. The relations between identities online and offline have also beenanalyzed.

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